<p><meta charset="utf-8"><span style="background-color:transparent;color:#000000;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-size:11pt;"><span style="font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:400;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">The Dewaele Brothers have made their career out of never standing still for too long. It’s why no&nbsp;</span><span style="font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;"><strong>2manydjs</strong></span><span style="font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:400;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;"> set is ever the same, but even by their standards, this one promises to be especially memorable. After inviting Peach and Tiga to Sónar 2023 in Barcelona last summer, the Dewaele brothers will be joined by Glasgow firebrand&nbsp;</span><span style="font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;"><strong>Éclair Fifi</strong></span><span style="font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:400;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;"> and Bugged Out veteran&nbsp;</span><span style="font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;"><strong>Erol Alkan</strong></span><span style="font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:400;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;"> in the booth at Sónar Lisboa 2024, for a wild set that promises to be equal parts eclectic and euphoric. A pair of DJs who share the Belgians’ deep knowledge of (dance) music, as well as their offbeat humour and playful mixing style, this promises to be a match made in heaven. This is a party you won’t want to miss.&nbsp;</span></span></p>

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And now for something you’ve never seen before… again

2manydjs invite Éclair Fifi & Erol Alkan

<p><meta charset="utf-8"><span style="background-color:transparent;color:#000000;font-family:'Helvetica Neue',sans-serif;font-size:11pt;"><span style="font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;"><strong>Amulador</strong></span><span style="font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:400;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;"> is just one of Pedro Rodrigues’ various musical projects. A mainstay in Porto, where he runs the&nbsp;</span></span><a style="text-decoration:none;" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" href="https://www.instagram.com/gareporto/?hl=en"><span style="background-color:transparent;color:#1155cc;font-family:'Helvetica Neue',sans-serif;font-size:11pt;"><span style="-webkit-text-decoration-skip:none;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:400;text-decoration-skip-ink:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;"><u>Gare Porto</u></span></span></a><span style="background-color:transparent;color:#000000;font-family:'Helvetica Neue',sans-serif;font-size:11pt;"><span style="font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:400;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;"> club, he’s also known as one half of long-running DJ duo Freshkitos. Amulador is the purest expression of his musical passions, the name he uses when playing deep, rolling techno that draws on the genre’s rich heritage of minimalism during the 90s and 2000s. Atemporal music that appeals to Rodrigues’ personal non-conformism, and reflects his preference for avoiding the limelight. One of Portugal’s most consistently reliable DJs, he returns to Sónar Lisboa ready to hypnotise the dancefloor.</span></span></p>

Techno hypnosis

AMULADOR 

<p><meta charset="utf-8"><span style="background-color:transparent;color:#000000;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-size:11pt;"><span style="font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:400;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">Diversity is at the heart of everything Ana Pacheco does. A goat herder and psychologist alongside her work as a DJ, radio show host and promoter, her musical taste is similarly eclectic. From early electronics and hypnotic trance through to oddball post-punk and fizzling electro, she’s skilled at mixing genres, styles and influences from across the musical spectrum. She’ll return to Sónar Lisboa in 2024 to once again take the dancefloor on a wild ride through the fringes of electronic music.&nbsp;</span></span></p>

A wild ride through the fringes of dance music 

Ana Pacheco

<p><meta charset="utf-8"><meta charset="utf-8"><span style="background-color:transparent;color:#000000;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-size:11pt;"><span style="font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:400;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">Born in Humabo, Angola, and raised on the outskirts of Lisbon, Pedro Coquenão grew up between cultures. This artist of a thousand trades has developed his work as a musician and producer under the name&nbsp;</span><span style="font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;"><strong>Batida</strong></span><span style="font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:400;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">, performing with a mixer and a microphone to build an intercultural musical universe. His first album,&nbsp;</span></span><a style="text-decoration:none;" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" href="https://batida.bandcamp.com/album/batida"><span style="background-color:transparent;color:#1155cc;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-size:11pt;"><i><span style="-webkit-text-decoration-skip:none;font-variant:normal;font-weight:400;text-decoration-skip-ink:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;"><u>Batida</u></span></i></span></a><span style="background-color:transparent;color:#000000;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-size:11pt;"><span style="font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:400;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">, mixed contemporary dance music with Angolan tracks from the 70s, while his most recent album,&nbsp;</span></span><a style="text-decoration:none;" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" href="https://batida.bandcamp.com/album/batida-neon-colonialismo"><span style="background-color:transparent;color:#1155cc;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-size:11pt;"><i><span style="-webkit-text-decoration-skip:none;font-variant:normal;font-weight:400;text-decoration-skip-ink:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;"><u>Neon Colonialismo</u></span></i></span></a><span style="background-color:transparent;color:#000000;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-size:11pt;"><span style="font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:400;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">, is a reflection on politics, music and history, featuring collaborations&nbsp; from across the lusophone musical diaspora, from Branko and Poté to Dj Dolores, Bonga and Mayra Andrade. He’ll make a rare DJ appearance for a set of tropical, African rhythms at Sónar Lisboa 2024.</span></span></p>

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Intercultural dance music 

Batida DJ set

<p>Over the past two decades, Si Green has quietly become one of electronic music’s biggest names. His <strong>Bonobo</strong> project has evolved from his roots in trip-hop and broken beat into something far more expansive, as can be heard on his cinematic seventh record, <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" href="https://bonobomusic.bandcamp.com/album/fragments"><i>Fragments</i></a>. Although he’s renowned for his live performances, Bonobo started life as a DJ in the late 1990s, cutting his teeth playing club nights in his adopted hometown of Brighton. At Sónar Lisboa, he’ll take to the decks again to display his wide range of influences. Expect everything from afrobeat, funk and disco to drum'n'bass, hip-hop, and soul.</p>

Electronic music’s quietest superstar returns to the booth 

Bonobo DJ set

<p><meta charset="utf-8"><span style="background-color:transparent;color:#000000;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-size:11pt;"><span style="font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:400;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">A founding member of legendary group&nbsp;</span></span><a style="text-decoration:none;" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" href="https://burakasomsistema.bandcamp.com/"><span style="background-color:transparent;color:#1155cc;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-size:11pt;"><span style="-webkit-text-decoration-skip:none;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:400;text-decoration-skip-ink:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;"><u>Buraka Som Sistema</u></span></span></a><span style="background-color:transparent;color:#000000;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-size:11pt;"><span style="font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:400;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">, João Barbosa aka&nbsp;</span><span style="font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;"><strong>Branko</strong></span><span style="font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:400;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;"> is one of the most important names in Portuguese electronic music. Hailing from Amadora, a suburb of Lisbon, he’s dedicated his life to promoting the intercultural mix of music that surrounded him growing up - from kuduro to afro house and from kizomba to baile funk.&nbsp; Since Buraka Som Sistema’s dissolution in 2016, he's continued this work via solo releases and his label&nbsp;</span></span><a style="text-decoration:none;" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" href="https://www.enchufada.com/"><span style="background-color:transparent;color:#1155cc;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-size:11pt;"><span style="-webkit-text-decoration-skip:none;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:400;text-decoration-skip-ink:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;"><u>Enchufada</u></span></span></a><span style="background-color:transparent;color:#000000;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-size:11pt;"><span style="font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:400;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">, working to reshape electronic music and bring sounds from the global lusophone diaspora to light. At Sónar Lisboa 2024, he’ll curate a special&nbsp;</span><span style="font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;"><strong>Enchufada showcase</strong></span><span style="font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:400;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;"> of emerging artists from Portugal, Angola and Brazil, and perform a new live set based on his forthcoming 2024 album, his fourth solo releas</span></span><span style="background-color:transparent;color:#000000;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;font-size:12pt;"><span style="font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:400;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">e</span></span><span style="background-color:transparent;color:#000000;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-size:11pt;"><span style="font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:400;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">. Expect a cross-cultural blend of dance music, guaranteed to make you sweat.&nbsp;</span></span></p>

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A Portuguese legend returns to Sónar Lisboa

BRANKO

<p><meta charset="utf-8"><span style="background-color:transparent;color:#000000;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-size:11pt;"><span style="font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:400;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">Sónar Lisboa 2024 will be something of a homecoming set for Australian selector&nbsp;</span><span style="font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;"><strong>CC:DISCO!</strong></span><span style="font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:400;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">, given that the Portuguese capital has adopted her as one of their own. And no wonder, given her infectious energy and perfectly pitched track selections. After delighting the crowd in a peak-time slot at Sónar 2023, she’ll bring her bag of disco, boogie, house and more to Parque Eduardo VII. Expect classics, rare edits, oddball cuts and plenty of fireworks when she goes behind the decks.</span></span></p>

Sónar Lisboa’s homecoming queen 

CC:DISCO!

<p><meta charset="utf-8"><span style="background-color:transparent;color:#000000;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-size:11pt;"><span style="font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:400;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">Although he started his career in the underground techno and acid house scene, Portuguese DJ&nbsp;</span><span style="font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;"><strong>Celeste Mariposa</strong></span><span style="font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:400;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;"> quickly fell under the spell of the powerful music of Portugal's former African colonies. He’s now an expert on the musical diaspora of Angola, Cape Verde, Guinea Bissau, Mozambique and São Tomé and Príncipe, dedicated to sharing music and artists from lusophone Africa with the world. Via his label -&nbsp;</span></span><a style="text-decoration:none;" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" href="https://soundcloud.com/celestemariposa"><span style="background-color:transparent;color:#1155cc;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-size:11pt;"><span style="-webkit-text-decoration-skip:none;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:400;text-decoration-skip-ink:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;"><u>Celeste Mariposa Discos</u></span></span></a><span style="background-color:transparent;color:#000000;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-size:11pt;"><span style="font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:400;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;"> - he promotes the work of talented lusophone African artists living in Portugal who, for various reasons, face difficulties in breaking into the music industry. Contemporary Portuguese culture is undeniably inseparable from its African heritage, and his sets are a celebration of genres like funaná, kuduro, coladeira, semba, plus countless others. At Sónar Lisboa 2024, expect a vivid journey across music from across Portuguese speaking Africa.</span></span></p>

A journey through lusophone Africa 

Celeste Mariposa

<p><meta charset="utf-8"><span style="background-color:transparent;color:#000000;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-size:11pt;"><span style="font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;"><strong>Chima Isaaro</strong></span><span style="font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:400;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;"> might just be one of Lisbon’s favourite DJs. A seasoned selector, record collector and well-known face around town (you’re just as likely to see her on the dancefloor as behind the decks), she specialises in uplifting, soulful, Black dance music. From techno, house and disco to soul, jazz and locally-sourced batida, her sets are celebrations of groove, identity and community. Often starting out with&nbsp;</span></span><a style="text-decoration:none;" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" href="https://soundcloud.com/chimahiro/nyce-slo-intimate-connection-mixxx"><span style="background-color:transparent;color:#1155cc;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-size:11pt;"><span style="-webkit-text-decoration-skip:none;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:400;text-decoration-skip-ink:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;"><u>sensual slow jams</u></span></span></a><span style="background-color:transparent;color:#000000;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-size:11pt;"><span style="font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:400;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">, before building up to jacking dancefloor tracks, she knows exactly how to work a room. At Sónar Lisboa 2024, expect her to show why she won’t be a secret for much longer.</span></span></p>

A masterclass in Black dance music from Lisbon’s best-kept secret

Chima Isaaro

<p><meta charset="utf-8"><span style="background-color:transparent;color:#000000;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-size:11pt;"><span style="font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:400;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">In 2018 in Porto, Raul Mendiratta and Francisco Lima decided to sketch out some songs for a band with a darkwave aesthetic - those were the first tracks written for&nbsp;</span><span style="font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;"><strong>Conferência Inferno</strong></span><span style="font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:400;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">. Joined on keyboards by their sometime sound technician, José Miguel Silva, they toured extensively, playing bars and festivals around Portugal. In early 2021, a debut LP,&nbsp;</span></span><a style="text-decoration:none;" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" href="https://conferenciainferno.bandcamp.com/album/ata-saturna"><span style="background-color:transparent;color:#1155cc;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-size:11pt;"><i><span style="-webkit-text-decoration-skip:none;font-variant:normal;font-weight:400;text-decoration-skip-ink:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;"><u>Ata Saturna</u></span></i></span></a><span style="background-color:transparent;color:#000000;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-size:11pt;"><span style="font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:400;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">, followed on the renowned underground label&nbsp;</span></span><a style="text-decoration:none;" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" href="https://www.loversandlollypops.net/en/"><span style="background-color:transparent;color:#1155cc;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-size:11pt;"><span style="-webkit-text-decoration-skip:none;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:400;text-decoration-skip-ink:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;"><u>Lovers &amp; Lollypops</u></span></span></a><span style="background-color:transparent;color:#000000;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-size:11pt;"><span style="font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:400;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;"> label. Two years later, the band released their second LP,&nbsp;</span></span><a style="text-decoration:none;" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" href="https://conferenciainferno.bandcamp.com/album/p-s-esmeralda"><span style="background-color:transparent;color:#1155cc;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-size:11pt;"><i><span style="-webkit-text-decoration-skip:none;font-variant:normal;font-weight:400;text-decoration-skip-ink:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;"><u>Pós-Esmeralda</u></span></i></span></a><span style="background-color:transparent;color:#000000;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-size:11pt;"><span style="font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:400;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">, expanding their sound and reflecting the trio's evolution towards a more colourful, new wave influenced sound, without abandoning their post-punk roots. Anguished lyrics, social criticism, the sound of despondent restlessness in the face of a world gone mad. Come dance to their rhythmic new wave at Sónar Lisboa 2024.</span></span></p>

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Anguished, restless new wave 

Conferência Inferno

<p><meta charset="utf-8"><span style="background-color:transparent;color:#000000;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-size:11pt;"><span style="font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;"><strong>Dresden&nbsp;</strong></span><span style="font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:400;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">is the name that veteran DJs and long-time friends&nbsp;</span><span style="font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;"><strong>Manfredas&nbsp;</strong></span><span style="font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:400;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">and&nbsp;</span><span style="font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;"><strong>Ivan Smagghe&nbsp;</strong></span><span style="font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:400;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">came up with to describe a series of parties they organise between Vilnius, London and anywhere ‘where they feel it is right’. Over the past ten years Manfredas has helped put Lithuania on the map as a nightlife destination, as resident DJ and booker at&nbsp;</span></span><a style="text-decoration:none;" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" href="https://www.instagram.com/opiumvilnius/"><span style="background-color:transparent;color:#1155cc;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-size:11pt;"><span style="-webkit-text-decoration-skip:none;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:400;text-decoration-skip-ink:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;"><u>Opium</u></span></span></a><span style="background-color:transparent;color:#000000;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-size:11pt;"><span style="font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:400;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;"> (“which might just be the best club in the world” - that you’ve never heard of). It was there 10 years ago that he met London-based Frenchman Smagghe (at that time a&nbsp;</span></span><a style="text-decoration:none;" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" href="https://soundcloud.com/platform/andrew-weatherall-b2b-ivan"><span style="background-color:transparent;color:#1155cc;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-size:11pt;"><span style="-webkit-text-decoration-skip:none;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:400;text-decoration-skip-ink:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;"><u>frequent collaborator with the late, great Andrew Weatherall</u></span></span></a><span style="background-color:transparent;color:#000000;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-size:11pt;"><span style="font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:400;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">). One thing led to another and Smagghe started a label -&nbsp;</span></span><a style="text-decoration:none;" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" href="https://lesdisquesdelamort.bandcamp.com/"><span style="background-color:transparent;color:#1155cc;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-size:11pt;"><span style="-webkit-text-decoration-skip:none;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:400;text-decoration-skip-ink:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;"><u>Les Disques De La Mort</u></span></span></a><span style="background-color:transparent;color:#000000;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-size:11pt;"><span style="font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:400;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;"> - to release the pen drive full of chuggy, psychedelic tracks that Manfredas gave him that night. Fast forward to today and the pair are inseparable, sharing a taste for the most unorthodox and lysergic corners of dance music, as well as a wry, arch sense of humour. At Sónar Lisboa 2024, expect a slow-burning session full of wonky, off-kilter, and trance-inducing dance music.&nbsp;</span></span></p>

Slow-burning psychedelic dance music 

Dresden (Ivan Smagghe & Manfredas)

<p><meta charset="utf-8"><span style="background-color:transparent;color:#000000;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-size:11pt;"><span style="font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;"><strong>Eliza Rose</strong></span><span style="font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:400;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;"> has had a wild couple of years. Since scoring a UK number one hit with Interplanetary Criminal - infectious speed garage throwback&nbsp;</span></span><a style="text-decoration:none;" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KtGFByAJRQQ"><span style="background-color:transparent;color:#1155cc;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-size:11pt;"><span style="-webkit-text-decoration-skip:none;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:400;text-decoration-skip-ink:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;"><u>‘B.O.T.A.’ (Baddest Of Them All)</u></span></span></a><span style="background-color:transparent;color:#000000;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-size:11pt;"><span style="font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:400;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;"> - she’s been catapulted to global stardom. After a defining headline set on Sónar by Day’s biggest stage in Barcelona last June, expect her DJ set at Sónar Lisboa 2024 to remind everyone why she got here in the first place. A vinyl junkie with a deep knowledge of music - from house, UK garage and bassline to broken beat and jungle - and an unerring ability to find the perfect track for any moment, she’s a world-class DJ who knows exactly how to keep a dance floor moving.&nbsp;</span></span></p>

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From record-store clerk to global superstar

Eliza Rose

<p><meta charset="utf-8"><span style="background-color:transparent;color:#0e101a;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-size:11pt;"><span style="font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:400;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">Mancunian producer and DJ&nbsp;</span><span style="font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;"><strong>Florentino&nbsp;</strong></span><span style="font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:400;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">weaves together his Colombian heritage with his passion for the UK bass music continuum. His passion for dancehall, soca and reggaéton found him a place in the low-end obsessed corners of the UK club underground, in particular, crucial Manchester party collective&nbsp;</span></span><a style="text-decoration:none;" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" href="https://www.swingting.com/"><span style="background-color:transparent;color:#4a6ee0;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-size:11pt;"><span style="-webkit-text-decoration-skip:none;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:400;text-decoration-skip-ink:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;"><u>Swing Ting</u></span></span></a><span style="background-color:transparent;color:#0e101a;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-size:11pt;"><span style="font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:400;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">. Since releasing his first tracks for them back in 2015, he’s worked with DJ Python and Bad Gyal and set up his own&nbsp;</span></span><a style="text-decoration:none;" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" href="https://clubromantico.bandcamp.com/"><span style="background-color:transparent;color:#4a6ee0;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-size:11pt;"><span style="-webkit-text-decoration-skip:none;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:400;text-decoration-skip-ink:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;"><u>Club Romantico</u></span></span></a><span style="background-color:transparent;color:#0e101a;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-size:11pt;"><span style="font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:400;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;"> imprint (releasing music from Manuka Honey, Nick León &amp; Bitter Babe, Safety Trance, amongst others). His DJ sets join the dots between these names, providing a vital dose of speaker-rattling bass and sounds from across the latinx diaspora. Fresh off releasing his most&nbsp;</span></span><a style="text-decoration:none;" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" href="https://djflorentino.bandcamp.com/album/kilometro-quinze"><span style="background-color:transparent;color:#4a6ee0;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-size:11pt;"><span style="-webkit-text-decoration-skip:none;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:400;text-decoration-skip-ink:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;"><u>accomplished EP yet on legendary UK label XL</u></span></span></a><span style="background-color:transparent;color:#0e101a;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-size:11pt;"><span style="font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:400;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">, he comes to Sónar Lisboa at the height of his powers.</span></span></p>

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Speaker-rattling latinx club music

Florentino

<p><meta charset="utf-8"><span style="background-color:transparent;color:#000000;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-size:11pt;"><span style="font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:400;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">Both solo and as part of the multifaceted&nbsp;</span></span><a style="text-decoration:none;" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" href="https://www.livefromearth.de/"><span style="background-color:transparent;color:#1155cc;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-size:11pt;"><span style="-webkit-text-decoration-skip:none;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:400;text-decoration-skip-ink:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;"><u>Live From Earth</u></span></span></a><span style="background-color:transparent;color:#000000;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-size:11pt;"><span style="font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:400;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;"> collective, Berlin’s&nbsp;</span><span style="font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;"><strong>DJ Gigola</strong></span><span style="font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:400;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;"> has been reconfiguring dancefloors since 2016. Using rhythm and groove as a guide, her hybrid sets take in everything from Surgeon to Madonna. She seamlessly blends high-intensity 90s cuts - trance, hardcore, techno and acid - with new school rave, club tracks, and dashes of pop music. Her experiments aren’t confined to the club either: inspired by her yoga and meditation practice, she’s released an&nbsp;</span></span><a style="text-decoration:none;" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" href="https://livefromearthklub.bandcamp.com/album/fluid-meditations"><span style="background-color:transparent;color:#1155cc;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-size:11pt;"><span style="-webkit-text-decoration-skip:none;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:400;text-decoration-skip-ink:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;"><u>album of guided meditations</u></span></span></a><span style="background-color:transparent;color:#000000;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-size:11pt;"><span style="font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:400;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;"> featuring ASMR vocals, field recordings and goa-style tabla drums. At Sónar Lisboa 2024, she’ll be firmly focused on the dancefloor: expect a high-impact, genre-fluid workout.</span></span></p>

Genre-fluid dancefloor workouts

DJ Gigola

<p><meta charset="utf-8"><span style="background-color:transparent;color:#0e101a;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-size:11pt;"><span style="font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;"><strong>Grove</strong></span><span style="font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:400;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;"> channels the explosive energy of the mosh pit and the collective ecstasy of the rave, with a singular take on drum’n’bass and jungle. Listen to this queer artist’s music, and you’ll also feel the twin influence of dancehall and punk, as they tackle the political and the personal (often in the same track). Their energy can be masculine or feminine, euphoric or enraged: they might&nbsp;</span></span><a style="text-decoration:none;" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XF3DMJBC6Hw"><span style="background-color:transparent;color:#4a6ee0;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-size:11pt;"><span style="-webkit-text-decoration-skip:none;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:400;text-decoration-skip-ink:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;"><u>skewer the British monarchy</u></span></span></a><span style="background-color:transparent;color:#0e101a;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-size:11pt;"><span style="font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:400;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;"> or&nbsp;</span></span><a style="text-decoration:none;" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i_M7J2hLI6k"><span style="background-color:transparent;color:#4a6ee0;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-size:11pt;"><span style="-webkit-text-decoration-skip:none;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:400;text-decoration-skip-ink:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;"><u>explore their own sexuality</u></span></span></a><span style="background-color:transparent;color:#0e101a;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-size:11pt;"><span style="font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:400;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">. The Bristolian producer and vocalist's live shows are intense, high-impact events: this will be one not to miss at Sónar Lisboa 2024.</span></span></p>

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Where the mosh pit meets the rave

Grove

<p style="line-height:1.38;margin-bottom:0pt;margin-top:0pt;" dir="ltr" id="docs-internal-guid-4a66d72b-7fff-8989-75d0-b28423ceeeb1"><span style="background-color:transparent;color:#000000;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-size:11pt;"><span style="font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:400;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">A pair of DJs with a taste for the darker side of electronic music meet in the booth.</span><span style="font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;"><strong> Helena Hauff&nbsp;</strong></span><span style="font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:400;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">&nbsp;and&nbsp;</span><span style="font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;"><strong>Imogen</strong></span><span style="font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:400;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;"> already went back-to-back on</span><span style="font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;"><strong> </strong>Imogen</span><span style="font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:400;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">’s&nbsp;</span></span><a style="text-decoration:none;" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" href="https://www.nts.live/shows/imogen"><span style="background-color:transparent;color:#1155cc;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-size:11pt;"><span style="-webkit-text-decoration-skip:none;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:400;text-decoration-skip-ink:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;"><u>‘Wigs’ radio show</u></span></span></a><span style="background-color:transparent;color:#000000;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-size:11pt;"><span style="font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:400;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;"> back in April 2023: at Sónar Lisboa 2024, the pair will appear together for the first time in front of a live audience. Hauff should need no introduction, after a decade spent establishing herself as one of the DJs around, with sets (often vinyl only) that mix stripped-down electro, techno and EBM. DJ and producer&nbsp;</span><span style="font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;"><strong>Imogen&nbsp;</strong></span><span style="font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:400;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">shares a similar penchant for the dystopian sound of electro, as well as the bass and breaks driven sounds of UK techno past and present. For those who like their dance music dark and spiky, this set will be a treat.&nbsp;</span></span></p>

Dark, spiky dance music

Helena Hauff b2b Imogen

<p><meta charset="utf-8"><span style="background-color:transparent;color:#000000;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-size:11pt;"><span style="font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:400;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">Barcelona meets Lisbon with a back-to-back set from a pair of cultural agitators.&nbsp;</span><span style="font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;"><strong>Ikram Bouloum</strong></span><span style="font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:400;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;"> is a Spanish artist of Moroccan descent, active throughout Barcelona’s cultural scene since moving to the city over a decade ago. A DJ, producer and singer/songwriter, she mixes electronic and dance music from around the world, with a strong scent of the Maghreb - her acclaimed debut EP&nbsp;</span></span><a style="text-decoration:none;" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" href="https://sourgent.bandcamp.com/album/ha-bb5"><span style="background-color:transparent;color:#1155cc;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-size:11pt;"><i><span style="-webkit-text-decoration-skip:none;font-variant:normal;font-weight:400;text-decoration-skip-ink:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;"><u>Ha-bb5</u></span></i></span></a><span style="background-color:transparent;color:#000000;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-size:11pt;"><span style="font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:400;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;"> was sung in a mixture of Amazigh, English and Catalan.</span><span style="font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;"><strong>&nbsp;</strong></span><span style="font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:400;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">Multidisciplinary queer artist&nbsp;</span><span style="font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;"><strong>Odete&nbsp;</strong></span><span style="font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:400;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">was born in Porto, but has been a vital member of the Lisbon underground for a number of years. Her work spans writing, music, performance and visual arts: her sets include everything from animé soundtracks to latin rhythms, hard techno and pitched-up pop edits. Expect an experimental set of geographically-diverse club music from this duo.&nbsp;</span></span></p>

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Geographically-diverse, experimental club music 

Ikram Bouloum b2b Odete

<p><meta charset="utf-8"><meta charset="utf-8"><span style="background-color:transparent;color:#000000;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-size:11pt;"><span style="font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;"><strong>iolanda&nbsp;</strong></span><span style="font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:400;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">is one of Portuguese music’s rising stars. The singer-songwriter released her acclaimed debut EP,</span></span><a style="text-decoration:none;" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" href="https://www.youtube.com/c/iolandamusic"><span style="background-color:transparent;color:#1155cc;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-size:11pt;"><span style="-webkit-text-decoration-skip:none;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:400;text-decoration-skip-ink:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;"><u>&nbsp;</u></span><i><span style="-webkit-text-decoration-skip:none;font-variant:normal;font-weight:400;text-decoration-skip-ink:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;"><u>Cura</u></span></i></span></a><span style="background-color:transparent;color:#000000;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-size:11pt;"><span style="font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:400;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">, in March 2023. Her unique, warm sound mixes pop and r&amp;b with traditional Portuguese and Spanish music, influenced by fado and Andalusian music. After studying songwriting in London, she returned to Portugal and began the process of creating the EP, which finds her exposing her vulnerability,&nbsp; seeking to heal emotional scars (as the title alludes). She’s also a member of the AVALANCHE collective, whose members - including Luar, LEFT and NED FLANGER - who helped her produce a pair of the tracks on&nbsp;</span><i><span style="font-variant:normal;font-weight:400;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">Cura</span></i><span style="font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:400;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">. Catch this talented emerging artist as part of the&nbsp;</span><span style="font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;"><strong>Enchufada&nbsp;</strong></span><span style="font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:400;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">showcase at Sónar Lisboa 2024.&nbsp;</span></span></p>

Fado-influenced r&b from a rising Portuguese star

iolanda

<p><span style="background-color:transparent;color:#000000;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-size:11pt;"><span style="font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:400;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;" id="docs-internal-guid-87d26588-7fff-21b9-9f5a-d39ca693c003">Born in Toronto and now based in London after a long stint in Naarm/Melbourne, DJ and producer&nbsp;</span><span style="font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;"><strong>Jennifer Loveless</strong></span><span style="font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:400;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;"> has spent a decade making people dance. It’s something that you can hear and feel in her euphoric, dynamic DJ sets, as well as in her driving, gently psychedelic productions. Born into a musical family, her second EP&nbsp;</span></span><a style="text-decoration:none;" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" href="https://jenniferloveless.bandcamp.com/album/water"><span style="background-color:transparent;color:#1155cc;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-size:11pt;"><span style="-webkit-text-decoration-skip:none;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:400;text-decoration-skip-ink:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;"><u>Water</u></span></span></a><span style="background-color:transparent;color:#000000;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-size:11pt;"><span style="font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:400;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">, released in 2021, announced her as a major talent as a producer, four tracks that arrived fully formed and dancefloor ready, breathing fresh air into contemporary house and techno. At Sónar Lisboa 2024, expect a pumping, physical and hypnotic set that proves why she’s one of the best DJs on the circuit right now.</span></span></p>

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Breathing fresh air into house and techno 

Jennifer Loveless

<p><meta charset="utf-8"><span style="background-color:transparent;color:#0e101a;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-size:11pt;"><span style="font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;"><strong>Laura BCR</strong></span><span style="font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:400;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;"> is a techno lifer. Active since 2006 - she started out promoting nights in the south of France where she grew up - she’s gone from Berlin to Rotterdam, starting a record store (the now-defunct Bass Cadet Records in Berlin, from which she takes her name), and a combined&nbsp;</span></span><a style="text-decoration:none;" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" href="https://onboardmusic.bandcamp.com/"><span style="background-color:transparent;color:#4a6ee0;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-size:11pt;"><span style="-webkit-text-decoration-skip:none;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:400;text-decoration-skip-ink:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;"><u>record label</u></span></span></a><span style="background-color:transparent;color:#0e101a;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-size:11pt;"><span style="font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:400;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">,&nbsp;</span></span><a style="text-decoration:none;" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" href="https://onboardmusic.net/"><span style="background-color:transparent;color:#4a6ee0;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-size:11pt;"><span style="-webkit-text-decoration-skip:none;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:400;text-decoration-skip-ink:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;"><u>booking agency</u></span></span></a><span style="background-color:transparent;color:#0e101a;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-size:11pt;"><span style="font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:400;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;"> and promotion agency (On Board Music), along the way. A vinyl junkie, she’s a devotee of atmospheric, rolling techno: from the classic dubbed-out Berlin sound of the late 90s through to more recent cosmic and ambient explorations of the genre by the likes of Polygonia and Luigi Tozzi. She’s recently started producing her own music too, with releases on&nbsp;</span></span><a style="text-decoration:none;" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" href="https://liveatrobertjohnson.bandcamp.com/album/human-behavior"><span style="background-color:transparent;color:#4a6ee0;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-size:11pt;"><span style="-webkit-text-decoration-skip:none;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:400;text-decoration-skip-ink:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;"><u>Live At Robert Johnson</u></span></span></a><span style="background-color:transparent;color:#0e101a;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-size:11pt;"><span style="font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:400;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">,&nbsp;</span></span><a style="text-decoration:none;" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" href="https://semanticarecords.bandcamp.com/track/rebirth"><span style="background-color:transparent;color:#4a6ee0;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-size:11pt;"><span style="-webkit-text-decoration-skip:none;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:400;text-decoration-skip-ink:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;"><u>Semantica</u></span></span></a><span style="background-color:transparent;color:#0e101a;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-size:11pt;"><span style="font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:400;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">, and&nbsp;</span></span><a style="text-decoration:none;" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" href="https://sohaso.bandcamp.com/album/initial-2"><span style="background-color:transparent;color:#4a6ee0;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-size:11pt;"><span style="-webkit-text-decoration-skip:none;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:400;text-decoration-skip-ink:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;"><u>Something Happening, Somewhere</u></span></span></a><span style="background-color:transparent;color:#0e101a;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-size:11pt;"><span style="font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:400;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">. At Sónar Lisboa 2024, she’ll deliver a deep, transportative DJ set: one for ‘heads and dancers alike.&nbsp;</span></span></p>

Deep, transportative selections from a techno lifer

Laura BCR

<p><meta charset="utf-8"><span style="background-color:transparent;color:#000000;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-size:11pt;"><span style="font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;"><strong>DJ Lynce</strong></span><span style="font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:400;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;"> has helped put Porto on the map, when it comes to electronic music. A dedicated record collector and cultural agitator, he’s something of a local legend. During his expansive sets, he moulds and shapes sounds and styles to his will, mixing experimental club music, breakbeat, jungle, off-kilter techno and even pyschedelia and folk. For Sónar Lisboa 2024, this nocturnal animal (his name is Portuguese for lynx) will perform live, with a set inspired by his love of jungle, breaks, UK hardcore and acid: the sound of the golden era of rave</span></span></p>

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A nocturnal animal, live 

DJ Lynce

<p><span style="background-color:transparent;color:#000000;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-size:11pt;"><span style="font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;" id="docs-internal-guid-19505782-7fff-1bf2-a3ef-4748f5df0d01"><strong>Magupi,</strong></span><span style="font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:400;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;"> also known as Márcio Pinto, is a multi-instrumentalist, producer and composer who studied classical guitar, drums and percussion in Porto. He joined various musical groups such as the Porto Symphony Orchestra, the collective Semente/Escola Sementinha, and the band Terrakota. As a result of absorbing the environments he was exposed to, he became a virtuoso marimba percussionist and composer. In 2017 he created the Magupi project, centred on the balafon, a traditional West African xylophone, accompanied by beats and melodies taken from electronic music. In 2019, he released his first EP,&nbsp;</span></span><a style="text-decoration:none;" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" href="https://shikashika.bandcamp.com/album/botanas-magupi"><span style="background-color:transparent;color:#1155cc;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-size:11pt;"><span style="-webkit-text-decoration-skip:none;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:400;text-decoration-skip-ink:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;"><u>Botanas</u></span></span></a><span style="background-color:transparent;color:#000000;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-size:11pt;"><span style="font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:400;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">, on the Shika Shika label, and since then his mastery of the marimba has resonated globally. Currently, he focuses on fusing live drum'n'bass with elaborate rhythms. At Sónar Lisboa 2024 we can expect an immersive experience, where Magupi will perform live, accompanied by a drummer and bassist.</span></span></p>

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 Organic, hypnotic drum’n’bass

Magupi'n'liquid bass

<p><span style="background-color:transparent;color:#000000;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-size:11pt;"><span style="font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;" id="docs-internal-guid-55f8e8cb-7fff-04ff-a4ea-a50989e2f950"><strong>Marie Davidson</strong></span><span style="font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:400;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">’s relationship with electronic music has always been coloured by ambivalence: two years ago, the Montreal musician and DJ threatened to&nbsp;</span></span><a style="text-decoration:none;" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5ehga015ZPM"><span style="background-color:transparent;color:#1155cc;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-size:11pt;"><span style="-webkit-text-decoration-skip:none;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:400;text-decoration-skip-ink:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;"><u>go back to rock</u></span></span></a><span style="background-color:transparent;color:#000000;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-size:11pt;"><span style="font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:400;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">; six years have gone by since&nbsp;</span></span><a style="text-decoration:none;" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p5rX5SdVxjs"><span style="background-color:transparent;color:#1155cc;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-size:11pt;"><span style="-webkit-text-decoration-skip:none;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:400;text-decoration-skip-ink:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;"><u>she waved goodbye to the dancefloor</u></span></span></a><span style="background-color:transparent;color:#000000;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-size:11pt;"><span style="font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:400;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">. Renowned for her idiosyncratic vocal delivery (half-spoken, half-sung) and sharp-tongued satire (in both English and French), she first signed to James Murphy’s DFA Records with husband Pierre Guerineau as&nbsp;</span></span><a style="text-decoration:none;" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" href="https://essaiepas.bandcamp.com/album/demain-est-une-autre-nuit"><span style="background-color:transparent;color:#1155cc;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-size:11pt;"><span style="-webkit-text-decoration-skip:none;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:400;text-decoration-skip-ink:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;"><u>Essaie Pas</u></span></span></a><span style="background-color:transparent;color:#000000;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-size:11pt;"><span style="font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:400;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">. She’s gone on to release a defining pair of solo albums on&nbsp;</span></span><a style="text-decoration:none;" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" href="https://ct-mariedavidson.bandcamp.com/album/adieux-au-dancefloor"><span style="background-color:transparent;color:#1155cc;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-size:11pt;"><span style="-webkit-text-decoration-skip:none;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:400;text-decoration-skip-ink:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;"><u>Cititrax</u></span></span></a><span style="background-color:transparent;color:#000000;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-size:11pt;"><span style="font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:400;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;"> and&nbsp;</span></span><a style="text-decoration:none;" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" href="https://mariedavidson.bandcamp.com/album/working-class-woman"><span style="background-color:transparent;color:#1155cc;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-size:11pt;"><span style="-webkit-text-decoration-skip:none;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:400;text-decoration-skip-ink:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;"><u>Ninja Tune</u></span></span></a><span style="background-color:transparent;color:#000000;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-size:11pt;"><span style="font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:400;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">, blending her love of brooding 80s synths and catchy melody with hard-hitting club productions, personal confessions and feminist critique. After bringing the band back together in 2020 as for an expansive, oddball pop record as&nbsp;</span></span><a style="text-decoration:none;" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" href="https://mariedavidson.bandcamp.com/album/renegade-breakdown"><span style="background-color:transparent;color:#1155cc;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-size:11pt;"><span style="-webkit-text-decoration-skip:none;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:400;text-decoration-skip-ink:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;"><u>Marie Davidson &amp; L’Œil Nu</u></span></span></a><span style="background-color:transparent;color:#000000;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-size:11pt;"><span style="font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:400;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">, she’s preparing to release new album (inspired by comedy and literature), which she’ll bring to the stage at Sónar Lisboa 2024.&nbsp;</span></span></p>

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Electronic music’s most idiosyncratic voice returns

Marie Davidson live

<p><meta charset="utf-8"><span style="background-color:transparent;color:#000000;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-size:11pt;"><span style="font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:400;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">German-Chinese musician, producer and DJ&nbsp;</span><span style="font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;"><strong>Mona Yim&nbsp;</strong></span><span style="font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:400;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">is nothing if not versatile. Her breakout track </span></span><a style="text-decoration:none;" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" href="https://rekids.bandcamp.com/album/gotta-do-this-gurl-1"><span style="background-color:transparent;color:#1155cc;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-size:11pt;"><span style="-webkit-text-decoration-skip:none;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:400;text-decoration-skip-ink:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;"><u>‘Gotta Do This, Gurl’</u></span></span></a><span style="background-color:transparent;color:#000000;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-size:11pt;"><span style="font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:400;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">&nbsp; was a classic slice of throwback tech house, but she’s recently shown a taste for more futuristic sounds: check out the infectious hyperpop/club hybrid ‘</span></span><a style="text-decoration:none;" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" href="https://memphislk.bandcamp.com/album/thinkin-of-u"><span style="background-color:transparent;color:#1155cc;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-size:11pt;"><span style="-webkit-text-decoration-skip:none;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:400;text-decoration-skip-ink:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;"><u>Thinkin of U</u></span></span></a><span style="background-color:transparent;color:#000000;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-size:11pt;"><span style="font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:400;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">’, recorded with Memphis LK. Her DJ sets move between both spaces - from bubbling two-step and pitched up vocals to bumping, deep, emotional house music. Her mixing belies her musical education: perfectly pitched selections and impeccable technique. Come catch one of electronic music’s future stars at Sónar Lisboa 2024.&nbsp;&nbsp;</span></span></p>

Tech-house, two-step, and hyperpop from a rising star

Mona Yim DJ set 

<p><meta charset="utf-8"><span style="background-color:transparent;color:#000000;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-size:11pt;"><span style="font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:400;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">From the growing&nbsp;</span></span><a style="text-decoration:none;" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" href="https://discotexas.bandcamp.com/"><span style="background-color:transparent;color:#1155cc;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-size:11pt;"><span style="-webkit-text-decoration-skip:none;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:400;text-decoration-skip-ink:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;"><u>Discotexas</u></span></span></a><span style="background-color:transparent;color:#000000;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-size:11pt;"><span style="font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:400;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;"> family comes a new project from label head&nbsp;</span><span style="font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;"><strong>Moullinex&nbsp;</strong></span><span style="font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:400;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">and sparring partner&nbsp;</span><span style="font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;"><strong>GPU Panic</strong></span><span style="font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:400;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">. The ‘</span><span style="font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;"><strong>△</strong></span><span style="font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:400;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">’ in their name refers the triangular structure the pair use when performing live, where Guilherme (GPU Panic)</span><span style="font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;"><strong>&nbsp;</strong></span><span style="font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:400;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">acts as the ‘lead vocalist’ for their dreamy, airy electronic compositions. Inspired by Air, Vangelis and Giorgio Moroder, the harmonies of Brazilian pop music and the emotional kick of deep house, the pair write lush, atmospheric synthpop with a romantic tinge. And while Luís (Moullinex) spent much of his childhood staring at the stars, dreaming of space travel and faraway worlds, today their music is also perfectly at home here on earth, on the dancefloor too. Catch one of the most beguiling Portuguese live acts of recent years on their home turf at Sónar Lisboa 2024.</span></span></p>

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Beguiling, romantic synthpop

Moullinex △ GPU Panic

<p><meta charset="utf-8"><span style="background-color:transparent;color:#000000;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-size:11pt;"><span style="font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:400;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">Between them,&nbsp;</span><span style="font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;"><strong>DJ Minx</strong></span><span style="font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:400;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;"> and&nbsp;</span><span style="font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;"><strong>DJ Holographic&nbsp;</strong></span><span style="font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:400;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">represent Detroit’s female past, present and future. A staple in Detroit since the 1990s and founder of the&nbsp;</span></span><a style="text-decoration:none;" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" href="https://womenonwax.com/"><span style="background-color:transparent;color:#1155cc;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-size:11pt;"><span style="-webkit-text-decoration-skip:none;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:400;text-decoration-skip-ink:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;"><u>Women on Wax</u></span></span></a><span style="background-color:transparent;color:#000000;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-size:11pt;"><span style="font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:400;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;"> collective,&nbsp;</span><span style="font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;"><strong>DJ Minx</strong></span><span style="font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:400;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">’s name belongs in the history books along with</span><span style="font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;"><strong>&nbsp;</strong></span><span style="font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:400;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">The Belleville Three and Underground Resistance for her contributions to electronic music.</span><span style="font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;"><strong>&nbsp;</strong></span><span style="font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:400;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">‘The First Lady of Wax’ will go back-to-back with&nbsp;</span><span style="font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;"><strong>DJ Holographic</strong></span><span style="font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:400;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">, a rising star who’s been tipped by both Carl Craig and “Mad” Mike Banks as the Motor City’s future. Together they’ll channel the soulful spirit of Motown with plenty of classic house and real Detroit techno at Sónar Lisboa 2024.</span></span></p>

Two generations of Detroit go back-to-back

DJ Minx b2b DJ Holographic

<p><span style="background-color:transparent;color:#000000;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-size:11pt;"><span style="font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:400;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;" id="docs-internal-guid-f0437971-7fff-8ef2-fc1b-c676dfa8eae4">Growing up in the North of England, <strong>Nia Archives</strong> listened to jungle - alongside dub, reggae, dancehall and UK hip hop - with her grandmother. Now aged 24, she’s revitalising the 30 year old genre, one amen break at a time. Breakthrough EP&nbsp;</span></span><a style="text-decoration:none;" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" href="https://niaarchives.bandcamp.com/album/forbidden-feelingz"><span style="background-color:transparent;color:#1155cc;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-size:11pt;"><i><span style="-webkit-text-decoration-skip:none;font-variant:normal;font-weight:400;text-decoration-skip-ink:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;"><u>Forbidden Feelingz</u></span></i></span></a><span style="background-color:transparent;color:#000000;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-size:11pt;"><i><span style="font-variant:normal;font-weight:400;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">&nbsp;</span></i><span style="font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:400;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">offered a taste of her potential, gorgeous vocal melodies over skittering breakbeats, but it was on last year’s</span><i><span style="font-variant:normal;font-weight:400;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;"> Sunrise Bang Ur Head Against tha Wall&nbsp;</span></i><span style="font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:400;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">that she found her voice (literally). Over six tracks that show her talent as a singer, lyricist and songwriter, she opens up, paring back the intensity of the production a little in favour of half-spoken, half-sung confessionals about love, life and nights out. Pull up to her set at Sónar 2024, and see why jungle was always just as emotional as it was massive.</span></span></p>

A next generation junglist 

Nia Archives

<p><meta charset="utf-8"><span style="background-color:transparent;color:#000000;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-size:11pt;"><span style="font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:400;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">After a jaw-dropping show at Sónar 2023 last year, Daniel Lopatin brings his latest album as&nbsp;</span><span style="font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;"><strong>Oneohtrix Point Never</strong></span><span style="font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:400;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">,&nbsp;</span></span><a style="text-decoration:none;" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" href="https://oneohtrixpointnever.bandcamp.com/album/again"><span style="background-color:transparent;color:#1155cc;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-size:11pt;"><i><span style="-webkit-text-decoration-skip:none;font-variant:normal;font-weight:400;text-decoration-skip-ink:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;"><u>Again</u></span></i></span></a><span style="background-color:transparent;color:#000000;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-size:11pt;"><span style="font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:400;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">, to Lisbon. From pioneering the first-ever internet music genre (his track&nbsp;</span></span><a style="text-decoration:none;" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-RFunvF0mDw"><span style="background-color:transparent;color:#1155cc;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-size:11pt;"><span style="-webkit-text-decoration-skip:none;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:400;text-decoration-skip-ink:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;"><u>‘nobody here’</u></span></span></a><span style="background-color:transparent;color:#000000;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-size:11pt;"><span style="font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:400;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;"> is widely seen as the first example of vaporwave) to&nbsp;</span></span><a style="text-decoration:none;" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" href="https://oneohtrixpointnever.bandcamp.com/album/uncut-gems-original-motion-picture-soundtrack-3"><span style="background-color:transparent;color:#1155cc;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-size:11pt;"><span style="-webkit-text-decoration-skip:none;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:400;text-decoration-skip-ink:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;"><u>soundtracking films</u></span></span></a><span style="background-color:transparent;color:#000000;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-size:11pt;"><span style="font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:400;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;"> and producing The Weeknd’s 2022 album&nbsp;</span><i><span style="font-variant:normal;font-weight:400;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">Dawn FM</span></i><span style="font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;"><strong>,&nbsp;</strong></span><span style="font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:400;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">the cult producer has come a long way from self-releasing CDRs and cassettes in the early 2000s. Throughout his career he’s been fascinated with music’s all-consuming relationship with its own past, and&nbsp;</span><i><span style="font-variant:normal;font-weight:400;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">Again&nbsp;</span></i><span style="font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:400;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">continues his exploration of nostalgia and memory, but with a notably more personal tone. At Sónar Lisboa 2024, he’ll bring it to life with visuals by French artist&nbsp;</span><span style="font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;"><strong>Freeka Tet</strong></span><span style="font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:400;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">, best known for his plunderphonic and provocative work for the likes of Amnesia Scanner.&nbsp;</span></span></p>

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A true audiovisual innovator

Oneohtrix Point Never

<p><span style="background-color:transparent;color:#000000;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-size:11pt;"><span style="font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:400;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;" id="docs-internal-guid-d20ef9d3-7fff-64b0-2e41-6498ba639d4f">A global electronic music icon,&nbsp;</span><span style="font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;"><strong>Paul Kalkbrenner&nbsp;</strong></span><span style="font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:400;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">headlines Sónar by Day this year, bringing the legacy of Berlin techno to the main stage. Rising from the vibrant underground of Germany's capital during its golden era of techno, Kalkbrenner has become one of the most influential figures in electronic music. His live shows are expansive, cinematic experiences, showcasing techno in its most profound and immersive form. Pulsating rhythms, emotive melodies, its a sound that’s been refined over years of shows. Come and witness a master craftsman at work.</span></span></p>

Techno's master craftsman

Paul Kalkbrenner

<p><span style="background-color:transparent;color:#000000;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-size:11pt;"><span style="font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:400;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;" id="docs-internal-guid-dd68d2fc-7fff-46f4-22c3-c8d745728b78">As</span><span style="font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;"><strong> Perel</strong></span><span style="font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:400;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">, Annegret Fiedler narrates her daydreams through electronic music. Before finding fame, the multi-faceted German producer, vocalist and DJ sang in punk and alternative bands, inspired by listening to the likes of Aphex Twin, Kraftwerk and The Cure. On moving to Berlin, the young new wave and post-punk fan immersed herself in the city’s nightlife, discovering club culture, house and techno, and also taking on the stage name she still uses to this day. Known for her hybrid sets, in which she sings and DJs at the same time, at Sónar Lisboa 2024 she’ll transport us to the extraterrestrial universe she explored on her latest album&nbsp;</span></span><a style="text-decoration:none;" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" href="https://perelmusic.bandcamp.com/album/jesus-was-an-alien"><span style="background-color:transparent;color:#1155cc;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-size:11pt;"><span style="-webkit-text-decoration-skip:none;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:400;text-decoration-skip-ink:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;"><u>Jesus Was an Alien</u></span></span></a><span style="background-color:transparent;color:#000000;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-size:11pt;"><span style="font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:400;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">: a heady blend of italo disco, acid and new wave.</span></span></p>

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Mystical, hybrid, new-wave daydreams

Perel

<p><span style="background-color:transparent;color:#000000;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-size:11pt;"><span style="font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:400;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;" id="docs-internal-guid-fe37bf26-7fff-7f9b-dc41-529a696a3ecd">Over the past years&nbsp;</span><span style="font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;"><strong>Rita Maomenos&nbsp;</strong></span><span style="font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:400;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">has been developing her niche, exploring her love of dark, subversive and cinematic styles, from electro to techno. The Portuguese artist found a home in Holland’s electro capital Rotterdam, where she was a resident DJ at the Perron nightclub, and was also a regular on famed underground station&nbsp;</span></span><a style="text-decoration:none;" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" href="https://operator-radio.com/"><span style="background-color:transparent;color:#1155cc;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-size:11pt;"><span style="-webkit-text-decoration-skip:none;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:400;text-decoration-skip-ink:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;"><u>Radio Operator</u></span></span></a><span style="background-color:transparent;color:#000000;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-size:11pt;"><span style="font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:400;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">. Since recently returning to Lisbon, she’s added her fresh perspective to the local scene, her productions a response to the anguish of modern life. At Sónar Lisboa 2024, expect a psychic, mental&nbsp; journey through the darker side of electronic music.</span></span></p>

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Cinematic, gritty electronic music 

Ritamaomenos

<p><meta charset="utf-8"><span style="background-color:transparent;color:#000000;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-size:11pt;"><span style="font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:400;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">You can’t tell the story of electronic music in Portugal without a chapter on&nbsp;</span><span style="font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;"><strong>Rui Vargas</strong></span><span style="font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:400;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">. In 1988, as techno and house exploded across Europe, he started DJing in a s</span></span><a style="text-decoration:none;" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hie383_PqT4"><span style="background-color:transparent;color:#1155cc;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-size:11pt;"><span style="-webkit-text-decoration-skip:none;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:400;text-decoration-skip-ink:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;"><u>weatbox of a club called Frágil</u></span></span></a><span style="background-color:transparent;color:#000000;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-size:11pt;"><span style="font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:400;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">, where he was one of the first to bring electronic music to Lisbon’s club scene. He continues to shape the country’s electronic music culture in multiple ways: he’s the lead programmer for Lisbon’s flagship club&nbsp;</span></span><a style="text-decoration:none;" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" href="https://www.luxfragil.com/"><span style="background-color:transparent;color:#1155cc;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-size:11pt;"><span style="-webkit-text-decoration-skip:none;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:400;text-decoration-skip-ink:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;"><u>Lux Frágil</u></span></span></a><span style="background-color:transparent;color:#000000;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-size:11pt;"><span style="font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:400;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">, its longest standing resident, and a venerated radio host. A DJ with an encyclopaedic knowledge of dance music history (having lived much of&nbsp; it firsthand), he still maintains an insatiable appetite for new music. Expect a hypnotic, classy session that draws on three decades of house from all corners of the world, breakbeat, acid and even a dash of goa trance.&nbsp;</span></span></p>

The godfather of Portuguese electronic music 

Rui Vargas

<p><meta charset="utf-8"><span style="background-color:transparent;color:#000000;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-size:11pt;"><span style="font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:400;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">With deep roots in the underground scene,&nbsp;</span><span style="font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;"><strong>RUUAR</strong></span><span style="font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:400;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">, a Portuguese DJ duo from Viana do Castelo, are true electronic music obsessives. Their lean, minimal mixes blend abstract house with sleek techno - a deep, pure sound. With years of experience playing in local clubs, and now on bigger stages, Pedro Rebelo and Hugo Bastos’ sets offer an escape from reality, via pulsating, hypnotic rhythms. At Sónar Lisboa 2024, expect an introspective, singular journey through electronic music.</span></span></p>

Pulsating, hypnotic rhythms  

RUUAR

<p><meta charset="utf-8"><span style="background-color:transparent;color:#000000;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-size:11pt;"><span style="font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:400;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">The afro house explosion of recent years was made possible by people like&nbsp;</span><span style="font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;"><strong>DJ Satelite</strong></span><span style="font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:400;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">. Back in 2000 in Luanda, the then-youthful producer and DJ founded&nbsp;</span></span><a style="text-decoration:none;" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" href="https://seresproducoes.bandcamp.com/"><span style="background-color:transparent;color:#1155cc;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-size:11pt;"><span style="-webkit-text-decoration-skip:none;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:400;text-decoration-skip-ink:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;"><u>Seres Produções</u></span></span></a><span style="background-color:transparent;color:#000000;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-size:11pt;"><span style="font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:400;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;"> with his brother DJ Vamburguer to provide a platform for the nascent Angolan kuduro and afro house scene. 20 years on, and the label is still a vital platform for house artists from Angola and beyond, and a reference point the world over. Its founder has preferred to stick to the shadows, but with a debut album in the works, he’s ready to step into the light. Based in Lisbon since 2015, his sets are entrancing affairs, weaving together soulful grooves and deep rhythms. Don’t miss a master at work at Sónar Lisboa 2024.</span></span></p>

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An afro house originator 

DJ Satelite

<p><meta charset="utf-8"><span style="background-color:transparent;color:#000000;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-size:11pt;"><span style="font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:400;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">Iranian-born singer, songwriter, director and composer&nbsp;</span><span style="font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;"><strong>Sevdaliza&nbsp;</strong></span><span style="font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:400;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">has always blazed her own path. She blends disparate influences - trip-hop, r&amp;b, punk, club sounds, and even classical music - and has self-released all of her work, starting with her debut album&nbsp;</span></span><a style="text-decoration:none;" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" href="https://sevdaliza.bandcamp.com/album/ison"><span style="background-color:transparent;color:#1155cc;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-size:11pt;"><i><span style="-webkit-text-decoration-skip:none;font-variant:normal;font-weight:400;text-decoration-skip-ink:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;"><u>ISON</u></span></i></span></a><span style="background-color:transparent;color:#000000;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-size:11pt;"><i><span style="font-variant:normal;font-weight:400;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">&nbsp;</span></i><span style="font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:400;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">in 2017</span><i><span style="font-variant:normal;font-weight:400;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">.&nbsp;</span></i><span style="font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:400;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">She’s also not afraid of making a statement: the cover of her second album,&nbsp;</span></span><a style="text-decoration:none;" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" href="https://sevdaliza.bandcamp.com/album/shabrang"><span style="background-color:transparent;color:#1155cc;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-size:11pt;"><i><span style="-webkit-text-decoration-skip:none;font-variant:normal;font-weight:400;text-decoration-skip-ink:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;"><u>Shabrang</u></span></i></span></a><span style="background-color:transparent;color:#000000;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-size:11pt;"><i><span style="font-variant:normal;font-weight:400;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">,&nbsp;</span></i><span style="font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:400;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">showed her sporting a black eye and found her tackling trauma, violence and emotional turbulence. 2022’s&nbsp;</span></span><a style="text-decoration:none;" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" href="https://sevdaliza.bandcamp.com/album/raving-dahlia"><span style="background-color:transparent;color:#1155cc;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-size:11pt;"><i><span style="-webkit-text-decoration-skip:none;font-variant:normal;font-weight:400;text-decoration-skip-ink:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;"><u>Raving Dahlia</u></span></i></span></a><span style="background-color:transparent;color:#000000;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-size:11pt;"><span style="font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:400;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;"> EP (named after her daughter) explored the unrealistic expectations that society places on women, and was preceded by a campaign featuring a self-designed&nbsp;</span></span><a style="text-decoration:none;" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" href="https://www.instagram.com/p/CU5NaqkK-Yf/"><span style="background-color:transparent;color:#1155cc;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-size:11pt;"><span style="-webkit-text-decoration-skip:none;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:400;text-decoration-skip-ink:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;"><u>‘fembot’</u></span></span></a><span style="background-color:transparent;color:#000000;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-size:11pt;"><span style="font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:400;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;"> and a series of self-directed short films. Hot off&nbsp;</span></span><a style="text-decoration:none;" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" href="https://sevdaliza.bandcamp.com/track/ride-or-die-feat-villano-antillano"><span style="background-color:transparent;color:#1155cc;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-size:11pt;"><span style="-webkit-text-decoration-skip:none;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:400;text-decoration-skip-ink:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;"><u>a collaboration with Puerto Rican rapper Villano Antillano,</u></span></span></a><span style="background-color:transparent;color:#000000;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-size:11pt;"><span style="font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:400;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;"> she comes to Sónar Lisboa 2024 with a physical and emotional live show that will take the audience’s breath away.&nbsp;</span></span></p>

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A uniquely physical and emotional performer

Sevdaliza

<p><meta charset="utf-8"><span style="background-color:transparent;color:#171a1d;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-size:11pt;"><span style="font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:400;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">UK singer and songwriter&nbsp;</span><span style="font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;"><strong>Shygirl</strong></span><span style="font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:400;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;"> continues on her path to club-land stardom at Sónar Lisboa 2024. After releasing&nbsp;</span><i><span style="font-variant:normal;font-weight:400;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">Nymph_o</span></i><span style="font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:400;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">, a deluxe edition of her 2022 breakthrough record&nbsp;</span><i><span style="font-variant:normal;font-weight:400;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">Nymph</span></i><span style="font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:400;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">, featuring remixes from Björk, Fatima Al-Qadiri and Kingdom, she’s bringing her brand-new show&nbsp;</span><span style="font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;"><strong>Club Shy</strong></span><span style="font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:400;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;"> to Lisbon. Expect upbeat live reworks of her alternatively provocative, tender and sensual tracks, plus DJs and dancers. Shygirl’s stepping out of the shadows and onto the dancefloor at Sónar Lisboa 2024.&nbsp;</span></span></p>

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The UK star gets ready for the club

Shygirl presents ‘Club Shy’

<p><meta charset="utf-8"><span style="background-color:transparent;color:#000000;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-size:11pt;"><span style="font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;"><strong>Supa&nbsp;</strong></span><span style="font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:400;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">and&nbsp;</span><span style="font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;"><strong>Ghetthoven</strong></span><span style="font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:400;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;"> have shared the booth countless times in their hometown of Porto, and now they come to Sónar Lisboa. Each comes from distinct backgrounds: Supa is an experienced DJ, with a love of slow, rhythmic and sexy electronic music; while flamboyant musician Ghetthoven addresses dancefloor liberation, spirituality and identity in his own work. Behind the decks, they’re a seamless pairing, sharing a love of emotional, offbeat electronics and pyschedelic, transportative dance music. A sound they lovingly compare to the fog that so often covers their native city.&nbsp;</span></span></p>

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Foggy, offbeat dance music from Porto

Supa b2b Ghetthoven

<p><meta charset="utf-8"><span style="background-color:transparent;color:#000000;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-size:11pt;"><span style="font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:400;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">4 years in the making,&nbsp;</span><span style="font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;"><strong>Tiga</strong></span><span style="font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:400;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;"> and&nbsp;</span><span style="font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;"><strong>Hudson Mohawke</strong></span><span style="font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:400;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">’s collaborative album,&nbsp;</span></span><a style="text-decoration:none;" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" href="https://tigamusic.bandcamp.com/album/l-ecstasy"><span style="background-color:transparent;color:#1155cc;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-size:11pt;"><i><span style="-webkit-text-decoration-skip:none;font-variant:normal;font-weight:400;text-decoration-skip-ink:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;"><u>L’Ecstasy</u></span></i></span></a><span style="background-color:transparent;color:#000000;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-size:11pt;"><span style="font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:400;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;"> is finally set for release this year, and to celebrate, they’re bringing the live show to Sónar Lisboa 2024. Documenting their concept of ‘hardcore romance’, which they describe as a “liminal state where the bounds between euphoria, melancholy and the raw power of friendship disintegrate completely”, they’ve prepared sixteen tracks that reconfigure their own recollections of raving. A journey through the sounds of a night out, where technicolour trance meets 4am deep house, and blissed out hardcore tracks combine with heartfelt vocal jams. Live, expect them to send every drop of blood rushing to your head.</span></span></p>

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Hardcore romance and rave recollections

Tiga & Hudson Mohawke present 'Love Minus Zero'

<p><meta charset="utf-8"><span style="background-color:transparent;color:#000000;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-size:11pt;"><span style="font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;"><strong>TOMMY CASH</strong></span><span style="font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:400;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;"> is more than just an iconoclastic hip-hop artist, he’s an anti-cultural icon. Through self-directed videos,&nbsp;</span></span><a style="text-decoration:none;" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" href="https://www.instagram.com/p/Cxk7V9KMZgo/"><span style="background-color:transparent;color:#1155cc;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-size:11pt;"><span style="-webkit-text-decoration-skip:none;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:400;text-decoration-skip-ink:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;"><u>impromptu interventions</u></span></span></a><span style="background-color:transparent;color:#000000;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-size:11pt;"><span style="font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:400;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">, and even&nbsp;</span></span><a style="text-decoration:none;" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" href="https://tommycashshop.com/"><span style="background-color:transparent;color:#1155cc;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-size:11pt;"><span style="-webkit-text-decoration-skip:none;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:400;text-decoration-skip-ink:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;"><u>collaborations with fashion brands</u></span></span></a><span style="background-color:transparent;color:#000000;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-size:11pt;"><span style="font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:400;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">, the Estonian rapper projects his own unique, surreal worldview across digital media. But beyond this, he’s a hyper-talented rapper, possessed of a charismatic, unique flow, and with an ear for unconventional beats - not just trap, but also experimental electronica and hyperpop. Live he’s a blur of energy, his absurd digital creations acting as the backdrop for his physical stage presence and electric charisma. The TOMMY CASH roadshow is coming to Sónar Lisboa 2024, and you don’t want to miss it.</span></span></p>

Hip-hop’s most innovative digital provocateur

TOMMY CASH

<p><span style="background-color:transparent;color:#000000;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-size:11pt;"><span style="font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:400;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;" id="docs-internal-guid-5f54ba01-7fff-cead-c50a-662638432c61">There’s a new fox in town. Following in the footsteps of first generation batida producers like Marfox and Niggafox, prodigal young producer&nbsp;</span><span style="font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;"><strong>Vanyfox&nbsp;</strong></span><span style="font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:400;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">is revitalising the sound that has defined contemporary Portuguese electronic music over the past decade. Splitting his time between Paris and Lisbon, he connects the Angolan rhythms of batida with elements borrowed from the global afrobeats scene. Inspired by Parisian artists like</span></span><a style="text-decoration:none;" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" href="https://soundcloud.com/bamaoyende"><span style="background-color:transparent;color:#1155cc;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-size:11pt;"><span style="-webkit-text-decoration-skip:none;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:400;text-decoration-skip-ink:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;"><u> Bameo Yendé</u></span></span></a><span style="background-color:transparent;color:#000000;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-size:11pt;"><span style="font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:400;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">, his tracks marry the urgency of batida with the sound of the Afro-parisian underground. His latest album&nbsp;</span></span><a style="text-decoration:none;" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" href="https://vanyfox.bandcamp.com/album/sonho-azul"><span style="background-color:transparent;color:#1155cc;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-size:11pt;"><i><span style="-webkit-text-decoration-skip:none;font-variant:normal;font-weight:400;text-decoration-skip-ink:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;"><u>Sonho Azul</u></span></i></span></a><span style="background-color:transparent;color:#000000;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-size:11pt;"><span style="font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:400;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;"> showcases his unique sound: laidback, insistent, rhythmically complex yet instantly accessible. One to watch at Sónar Lisboa 2024.</span></span></p>

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Batida's prodigal son

Vanyfox 

<p><meta charset="utf-8"><meta charset="utf-8"><span style="background-color:transparent;color:#000000;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-size:11pt;"><span style="font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:400;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">At just 25 years old,&nbsp;</span><span style="font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;"><strong>VHOOR&nbsp;</strong></span><span style="font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:400;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">is already changing the sound of baile funk. One of Brazil’s hottest producers - both solo and as part of the&nbsp;</span></span><a style="text-decoration:none;" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" href="https://soundcloud.com/weirdbaile"><span style="background-color:transparent;color:#1155cc;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-size:11pt;"><span style="-webkit-text-decoration-skip:none;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:400;text-decoration-skip-ink:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;"><u>Weird Baile</u></span></span></a><span style="background-color:transparent;color:#000000;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-size:11pt;"><span style="font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:400;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;"> crew - he’s spearheading the evolution of the genre over recent years, cutting up the classic sound with styles and genres from around the world. His breakthrough record,&nbsp;</span></span><a style="text-decoration:none;" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" href="https://vhoor.bandcamp.com/album/baile"><span style="background-color:transparent;color:#1155cc;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-size:11pt;"><i><span style="-webkit-text-decoration-skip:none;font-variant:normal;font-weight:400;text-decoration-skip-ink:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;"><u>Baile</u></span></i></span></a><span style="background-color:transparent;color:#000000;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-size:11pt;"><span style="font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:400;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">, recorded in 2021 with Brazilian rapper FBC, went back to the genre’s roots, an update of the brash Miami bass and latin freestyle template that first inspired producers in the favelas. Other releases have found him&nbsp;</span></span><a style="text-decoration:none;" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" href="https://vhoor.bandcamp.com/album/mar"><span style="background-color:transparent;color:#1155cc;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-size:11pt;"><span style="-webkit-text-decoration-skip:none;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:400;text-decoration-skip-ink:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;"><u>experimenting with introducing amapiano, UK garage</u></span></span></a><span style="background-color:transparent;color:#000000;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-size:11pt;"><span style="font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:400;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">, and even&nbsp;</span></span><a style="text-decoration:none;" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" href="https://vhoor.bandcamp.com/album/viaduto-ep"><span style="background-color:transparent;color:#1155cc;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-size:11pt;"><span style="-webkit-text-decoration-skip:none;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:400;text-decoration-skip-ink:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;"><u>breakbeats</u></span></span></a><span style="background-color:transparent;color:#000000;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-size:11pt;"><span style="font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:400;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">. At Sónar Lisboa 2024, expect a set packed with unique edits and hybrid productions from baile funk’s leading innovator.&nbsp;</span></span></p>

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Baile funk’s leading innovator

VHOOR

<p><meta charset="utf-8"><span style="background-color:transparent;color:#000000;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-size:11pt;"><span style="font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:400;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">Japanese producer&nbsp;</span><span style="font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;"><strong>Wata Igarashi&nbsp;</strong></span><span style="font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:400;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">makes music which is equal parts cerebral and physical, psychedelic techno that sounds both precision-engineered and entirely organic. These days his sound, perfected over releases on labels like&nbsp;</span></span><a style="text-decoration:none;" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" href="https://wataigarashi.bandcamp.com/album/question-and-answer-ep-the-bunker-new-york-029"><span style="background-color:transparent;color:#1155cc;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-size:11pt;"><span style="-webkit-text-decoration-skip:none;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:400;text-decoration-skip-ink:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;"><u>The Bunker NY</u></span></span></a><span style="background-color:transparent;color:#000000;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-size:11pt;"><i><span style="font-variant:normal;font-weight:400;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">,&nbsp;</span></i></span><a style="text-decoration:none;" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" href="https://wataigarashi.bandcamp.com/album/sekala-ep"><span style="background-color:transparent;color:#1155cc;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-size:11pt;"><span style="-webkit-text-decoration-skip:none;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:400;text-decoration-skip-ink:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;"><u>Midgar</u></span></span></a><span style="background-color:transparent;color:#000000;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-size:11pt;"><i><span style="font-variant:normal;font-weight:400;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">&nbsp;</span></i><span style="font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:400;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">and his own&nbsp;</span></span><a style="text-decoration:none;" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" href="https://wataigarashi.bandcamp.com/album/wip05"><span style="background-color:transparent;color:#1155cc;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-size:11pt;"><span style="-webkit-text-decoration-skip:none;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:400;text-decoration-skip-ink:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;"><u>WIP</u></span></span></a><span style="background-color:transparent;color:#000000;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-size:11pt;"><span style="font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:400;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;"> imprint, has expanded beyond deep techno. His most recent album&nbsp;</span></span><a style="text-decoration:none;" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" href="https://wataigarashi.bandcamp.com/album/agartha"><span style="background-color:transparent;color:#1155cc;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-size:11pt;"><i><span style="-webkit-text-decoration-skip:none;font-variant:normal;font-weight:400;text-decoration-skip-ink:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;"><u>Agartha</u></span></i></span></a><span style="background-color:transparent;color:#000000;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-size:11pt;"><span style="font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:400;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">, released on Kompakt, finds him tapping into 70s psychedelia - the repetitive pulse of Neu! and Can - and even Miles Davis-style freeform jazz. After an imperious performance at Sónar 2023 this year (listen back to the recording&nbsp;</span></span><a style="text-decoration:none;" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" href="https://soundcloud.com/resident-advisor/ra-live-170623-wata-igarashi-sonar-2023"><span style="background-color:transparent;color:#1155cc;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-size:11pt;"><span style="-webkit-text-decoration-skip:none;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:400;text-decoration-skip-ink:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;"><u>here</u></span></span></a><span style="background-color:transparent;color:#000000;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-size:11pt;"><span style="font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:400;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">), expect a seriously potent live set at Sónar Lisboa in 2024.&nbsp;</span></span></p>

Cerebral and physical music that goes beyond techno

Wata Igarashi live

<p><meta charset="utf-8"><span style="background-color:transparent;color:#000000;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-size:11pt;"><span style="font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:400;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">Inspired by Afrofuturism and her own&nbsp;</span></span><span style="background-color:#ffffff;color:#0e101a;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-size:11pt;"><span style="font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:400;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">São Toméan&nbsp;</span></span><span style="background-color:transparent;color:#000000;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-size:11pt;"><span style="font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:400;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">ancestry, multidisciplinary artist&nbsp;</span><span style="font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;"><strong>XEXA&nbsp;</strong></span><span style="font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:400;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">creates deeply personal soundscapes using a variety of instruments and techniques, from woodwind instruments and her own voice to modular synthesisers and field recordings. A former jewellery and art student, her music buzzes with fragile sounds and microscopic details. Her debut album on Lisbon’s famed Príncipe label,&nbsp;</span><i><span style="font-variant:normal;font-weight:400;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">Vibrações de Prata</span></i><span style="font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:400;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">, builds on the ‘</span></span><a style="text-decoration:none;" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" href="https://xexarecords.bandcamp.com/album/calend-rio-sonoro-2021"><span style="background-color:transparent;color:#1155cc;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-size:11pt;"><span style="-webkit-text-decoration-skip:none;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:400;text-decoration-skip-ink:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;"><u>sonic diary</u></span></span></a><span style="background-color:transparent;color:#000000;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-size:11pt;"><span style="font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:400;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">’ she recorded and released in 2021, an ethereal blend of modern sound design and echoes of tradition and heritage. One of the most unique and original live performers at Sónar Lisboa 2024.&nbsp;</span></span></p>

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Modern sound design and ancestral influences

XEXA 

<p><meta charset="utf-8"><span style="background-color:transparent;color:#000000;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-size:11pt;"><span style="font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:400;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">When&nbsp;</span><span style="font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;"><strong>Yen Sung</strong></span><span style="font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:400;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;"> and&nbsp;</span><span style="font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;"><strong>Photonz&nbsp;</strong></span><span style="font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:400;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">get together, house music is never far away.&nbsp;</span><span style="font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;"><strong>Yen Sung</strong></span><span style="font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:400;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;"> is a true Portuguese icon, a long-time resident at Lux Frágil who’s blazed a trail for women in electronic music since the 1990s.&nbsp;</span><span style="font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;"><strong>Photonz</strong></span><span style="font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:400;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;"> is also something of a local lynchpin, co-founder of&nbsp;</span></span><a style="text-decoration:none;" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" href="https://www.radioquantica.com/"><span style="background-color:transparent;color:#1155cc;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-size:11pt;"><span style="-webkit-text-decoration-skip:none;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:400;text-decoration-skip-ink:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;"><u>community radio station Quântica</u></span></span></a><span style="background-color:transparent;color:#000000;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-size:11pt;"><span style="font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:400;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">, community-run venue&nbsp;</span></span><a style="text-decoration:none;" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" href="https://www.instagram.com/planetamanas/?hl=en"><span style="background-color:transparent;color:#1155cc;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-size:11pt;"><span style="-webkit-text-decoration-skip:none;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:400;text-decoration-skip-ink:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;"><u>Planeta Manas</u></span></span></a><span style="background-color:transparent;color:#000000;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-size:11pt;"><span style="font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:400;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">, and label&nbsp;</span></span><a style="text-decoration:none;" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" href="https://oneeyedjackslabel.bandcamp.com/"><span style="background-color:transparent;color:#1155cc;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-size:11pt;"><span style="-webkit-text-decoration-skip:none;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:400;text-decoration-skip-ink:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;"><u>One Eyed Jacks</u></span></span></a><span style="background-color:transparent;color:#000000;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-size:11pt;"><span style="font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:400;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">. Their shared passion for “house and techno that people can dance to” has brought them&nbsp;</span></span><a style="text-decoration:none;" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" href="https://discosparaiso.bandcamp.com/album/a-temperan-a"><span style="background-color:transparent;color:#1155cc;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-size:11pt;"><span style="-webkit-text-decoration-skip:none;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:400;text-decoration-skip-ink:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;"><u>together in the studio</u></span></span></a><span style="background-color:transparent;color:#000000;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-size:11pt;"><span style="font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:400;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;"> and even led them to launching a label,&nbsp;</span></span><a style="text-decoration:none;" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" href="https://alphabetstreetmusic.bandcamp.com/music"><span style="background-color:transparent;color:#1155cc;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-size:11pt;"><span style="-webkit-text-decoration-skip:none;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:400;text-decoration-skip-ink:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;"><u>Alphabet Street</u></span></span></a><span style="background-color:transparent;color:#000000;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-size:11pt;"><span style="font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:400;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">, in 2021. Expect classic Chicago and Detroit cuts, a healthy dose of anthems from the 90s golden era of Portuguese rave, breaks and acid, all exquisitely mixed by two local veterans</span></span></p>

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Whose house? Their house

Yen Sung b2b Photonz

<p><span style="background-color:transparent;color:#000000;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-size:11pt;"><span style="font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;" id="docs-internal-guid-ded9316f-7fff-0b55-f7bd-7487e7088bde"><strong>ZenGxrl</strong></span><span style="font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:400;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">’s sets are exercises in eclecticism. Growing up on the outskirts of Lisbon, she’s always stayed close to her Angolan roots, but also connects with a wider range of global sounds. Just as likely to mash up UK funky into batida as she is to mix Kendrick Lamar with amapiano, or blend gqom with baile funk, she’s a dynamic DJ whose motto is to let the energy flow. She comes to Sónar Lisboa 2024 to perform as part of the&nbsp;</span><span style="font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;"><strong>Enchufada&nbsp;</strong></span><span style="font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:400;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">showcase, one of a new wave of selectors who are connecting the city’s batida and kuduro heritage with the diverse currents of the global afro club underground.&nbsp;</span></span></p>